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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: shuttle escape systems
Message-ID: <1155@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 89 21:30:50 GMT
References: <538.252A3A3B@mamab.FIDONET.ORG> <1989Oct12.021826.7915@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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  I wish the public could know just what the state of the astronauts was
after the failure (a) before water impact and (b) after. Certainly after
the breakup the cabin dropped subsonic, it would be worth thinking about
a chute system at that point, something which isn't all that heavy. It
would cover the case in which the cabin survived, as it seems to have
after the fast burn and breakup.

-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon